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[jay-ell]

I am willing to give "burger" a subcategory of "sandwich" in the same way that the platypus is allowed to be called a mammal. Here's why: If you slap some boneless breaded chicken on a bun and give it lettuce, tomato, and mayo, is it a chicken burger? No. It's a chicken sandwich, even though the only difference between that and a burger is what kind of animal you killed.

[nDed]

Why do you keep trying to give it another name when it has a perfectly good one of it's own?

I'm not! I'm just saying I think burgers are a type of sandwich, like how squares are a type of rectangle.

[pmcd9]

I don't think a hamburger is a sandwich, it's like calling a burrito a taco. And the rest of the stuff mentioned so far is absolutely not a sandwich.

[theinevitable]

Burgers are sandwiches. A turkey burger is called that because it is turkey prepared in the Burger method-- ground up and formed into a patty.

also, just remembered something fucked up. In France they call a Gyro a "Sandwich Grec."

Paul, I would say that it's like calling a Burrito a "wrap."

[jay-ell]

Hm, actually, now that I think about it again...

If you put grilled chicken breast on a bun, it's a chicken sandwich. But if you grind the chicken, form it into a patty, grill it up and THEN put it on a bun, it's a chickenburger. So I think the key is that the meat has to be ground and pattified. That's what makes a (beef, chicken, turkey, veggie) burger a burger.

I'm on your side, Ash. I don't think a burger is a sandwich, precisely. But if we can get tacos and wraps out of the equation, I might be willing to stop splitting hairs on burgers.

Inev -- simulpost!

[side_show]

Look peeps, sliced bread defines a sandwich as what it is.  That's why people say shit like croissant-wich.  It is off kilter if a sandwich like filling appears on something other than sliced bread.  In fact when I was a kid if we had leftover hamburger patties, and we put them on bread, we called them a hamburger sandwich.

The History of the Sandwich

The bread-enclosed convenience food known as the "sandwich" is attributed to John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), a British statesman and notorious profligate and gambler, who is said to be the inventor of this type of food so that he would not have to leave his gaming table to take supper. In fact, Montague was not the inventor of the sandwich; rather, during his excursions in the Eastern Mediterranean, he saw grilled pita breads and small canapes and sandwiches served by the Greeks and Turks during their mezes, and copied the concept for its obvious convenience.

 

[nDed]

I guess Arby's sells roast beef burgers?

[theinevitable]

This is some wack-ass shit. What about when I put turkey breast, pickles, mustard, mayo, and munster on an onion roll? That is a "bunwich" or a "sliced deli-meat burger?" NO! That shit is a sandwich.

[nDed]

If I cut the top and bottom crust off of my burger, does it become a sandwich?

If we let corporate America name shit, this is what we'll get.

This is what we get when that happens, actually

Edit: I think I'm just gonna agree to disagree. You just name it any old way you want dear and the good lord God will provide.

[theinevitable]

education where she gives you a slap and tells you to eat your damn free sandwich and wrap? yes.

[side_show]

No!  A bun is a bun.

Also the idea of Ash shouting and pointing at a computer made me lol.

[wombat]

This is some wack-ass shit. What about when I put turkey breast, pickles, mustard, mayo, and munster on an onion roll? That is a "bunwich" or a "sliced deli-meat burger?" NO! That shit is a sandwich.

This is a sandwich. Anyone in any New York deli will agree. And think you are fuck*ng insane for asking.

[littlefallsmets]

If you have to ask if it qualifies as a sandwich, it's not a sandwich.

The Baseball Hall of Fame is like this.

Pretty much, if you have to ask, you do not belong.

[KeithHernandez]

I eat middle eastern food basically constantly, both places I go to (one hella authentic, one Americanized) call what I get the falafel sandwich.

[side_show]

And I eat Middle Eastern food from a Lebanese family resto so often they know my order before I ask for it. I also frequent an Isralie place and a pita bakery/ Shwarma place. They never call it a sandwich.  Not ever.